Steneurytion mjoebergi

Steneurytion mjoebergi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Steneurytion
Species:
S. mjoebergi
Binomial name
Steneurytion mjoebergi
(Verhoeff, 1925)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eurytion mjobergi Verhoeff, 1925

Steneurytion mjoebergi is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1925 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff.[1][2]

Description

The original description of this species is based on specimens ranging from 15 mm to 28 mm in length with 37 or 39 pairs of legs.[1]

Distribution

The species occurs in north-eastern Queensland.[3]

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Verhoeff, KW (1925). "Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda". Arkiv för Zoologi. 17 (3): 1–62 [59].
  2. ^ Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Eurytion mjobergi Verhoeff, 1925". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2023.


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